Cougars bounce back to edge McDowell

Asheville survive loss of leading rusher

11:44 PM,
Oct. 5, 2012

Wilkins

Written by

Keith Jarrett

Bouncing back from a sloppy, five-turnover loss to Enka last week, Asheville High played impressive block-and-tackle football Friday night in a 28-21 win over McDowell in Mountain Athletic Conference play at Cougars Stadium.

Beating the Titans for the 14th time in 15 career meetings, the Cougars (5-2, 2-1) got a pair of touchdown passes from David Howerton and two scoring runs from Jermaine Battle to improve their MAC record to 69-7 since 2001. ...